is that a motion? >> i love to grant the permit. >> i will second. i will say what audrey said. since we went over there when i first started a year ago today, when i joined the commission, live music would be very helpful on broadway. what i was asking about this today, if it is live music, that would be a great addition to broadway and working with both of you has always been very pleasurable. so i wish you good luck and i will give a second. [roll call vote] >> good luck. >> are you crying, really?

>> item seven. this has been a tearful meeting. tears of joy. item 7, commissioner comments and questions. are there any? >> i would like to comment, a quick update about a sub committee for the task force we had pulled together in february and march. we did hold two meetings, we intended on holding three. for anyone that is paying attention to planning is, the western soma plan released its er and comments were due yesterday. we were trying to pull together the group began to see if we can formally comment as a subcommittee or even pass that along to the full commission. the meetings, we had could turn out the first meeting. we talked about housing,

entertainment, the buffer zones that around -- or around the housing and we talked about transportation and the need for entertainment along routes of public transit. unfortunately, we could not formalize any recommendations and it is too late for the eir. i would like to dissolve the committee for the time being. i think we will have an opportunity when the actual plan goes up to the planning commission to kind of regroup and it was good to hear, watching the hearing that the planning commission had on it and tons of folks came out from the entertainment community and the businesses along 11th street to voice their concerns. i would like to continue their relationships we've built with the folks on 11th street but dissolve the committee at this time and where needed, reconvene once the planning commission

does hear it again. that is right to be an opportunity to formally make a statement as a commission. that is my comment. i do not know if that is an action item or how that works. >> the president forms and dissolves committees. you are making a request, i imagine, for the president to do so. president newlin: ok. the president approves the dissolutionment. >> anybody else? >> i have a question to that. you are dissolving, it is dissolved for that time. never to convene. we had two meetings and that is it, or -- >> it was good to have a staff member from the planning department come out to clarify things. what i am proposing is let's

dissolved it for now and when it comes back -- when it is agendaized and th -- part of the planning commission's process, we will get a notice and put this around whatever recommendations you want to make. does that make sense? it is dissolved for now. and reconvened later as needed. president newlin: ok. item #8, new business requests for future agenda items. i had a couple. i would like to hear about the lgbt historical district or leather historical district as it involves a lot of entertainment. i thought it would be great to have a presentation. since it involves so much entertainment it would be good to hear what they have in mind for that.

with more information coming out about how to better modify sound, i was wondering if there was any way we could talk about preserving an outdoor patio is and making sound, talk about sound on outdoor patios. even if there are ways to return it without destroying the neighbors since we do live in a city that has patio's -- patios. i am wondering if we cannot revisit some of that or at least hear about mitigation. the sisters of perpetual indulgence run the pink saturday, and they are and not for profit who have been running a major, major event. i know for fact they often feel that they cannot be heard and a now we do offer sound permits

but i think it would -- i know we do offer sound permits but i think it would be interesting hearing the issues they have running this event. to see if there is not some way we can direct them to get better responses from the city. it is an outdoor event and we do have a hand in that. i just feel that they're being asked to do whole lot and not -- they do not feel they're getting quite the help they need. so maybe if we could hear from them around that. president newlin: ok. what i would recommend on that item is they submit something in writing to the commission so we have an idea that we're not just carry them, we have it ahead of time so there might be prepared response to their specific issues. we do not want to waste their time coming in here and having a list of grievances that we're hearing for the first time. with that -- >> could you tell me who in the

leather community is dealing with this historic district? >> i do not believe it is in the leather community. from the planning commission or from the planning department, there was paul lord and jim meko was the other name. commissioner joseph: anybody from the greater leather community that has been talk to about anything? i have heard nothing about that community being approached for its ideas and its historical value. >> that is not necessarily the group that has been outreached to. i got a copy and i want to bring it for everyone here so we could have a look at it before we

would hear anything about it. to my knowledge, it is an idea and christina olague and a couple of people are looking for ways to create this without legally in our city. a lot of the weather community has not been -- leather community has not been outreached. commissioner joseph: who would speak to that? >> the people who were to that. -- wrote to that. president newlin: this is a recommendation of new items. commissioner hyde: -- this has been brought up to me. president newlin: we will coordinate with staff. we had the sound guy earlier. we should have ran it by him.

we could have had him for free. ok. if there is nothing else, we will conclude today, august 7 meeting of the entertainment commission. thank you, everyone for coming and participating. >> good morning, everyone. thank you so much for your patience.

i appreciate the opportunity to have a conversation about summer jobs, a national initiative. some of the work is happening on the ground. we have wonderful city partners as well as community partners in the room. we are trying to have a real conversation. there will not be any moments of speeches. we will have an opportunity for some engagement. with that, if you will allow me, i am going to tell them who is in the room. it would take too long for you to tell them. let me do that very quickly, and then we will turn to the mayor and the secretary. we have bridget, our new superintendent of schools. also in the room is roberta --

roberto. we have stephen caroll, with jawbone. chris from go pay go. we have someone from linkedin, someone from facebook. we have glenn harvey from west egg. alexis hunter, are in turn, is right there. rahm and richards is at the end of the table, with internships.com. another wonderful in turn is there from jawbone. a b is there from match bridge. david chiu from starbucks is here. kim winston, also from starbucks, is back there.

david gobot from backtowork.us is there. betsy from youthworks is here. she is with - not giovanni. yes, with giovanni. andrew is here as well. that was pretty good. i did not see john. john did not make it. deputy alvarez from goodwill industries is here. knesha is to her left. as is monisha and chris, two more interns. this is someone from the department of youth and families. rhonda simmons, our director of work-force development, is also here with us. i did see a trend more -- see

trent moore, phil ginsperbg, the direct picture of reparations and parks -- the director of rec and park. i do not see tony whitaker. jason eliot is in the back, from the mayor's office. the education and family services member is here. naomi kelly, our city administrator, is also with us. who did i miss? i know i missed somebody. >> donald leavitt. >> thank you so much. we also have someone from the department of youth and families. we have the director of neighborhood services in the back. [laughter] [applause]

what we would like to do -- the mayor is going to make opening comments. we are literally going to have a conversation about what is happening nationally and locally. we want to hear from our interns. we're going to prioritize that, if you do not mind. >> i want to first of all think eric mcdonald. he is a mover, a shaker, but obviously the great partner locally, on behalf of the united way. a pro-youth enthusiast for san francisco. thank you for your wonderful work. eric and i started this with a number of others. secretary, i want to welcome you here, and thank you for your visit here. this is a great occasion, not

only to welcome you back, because i know you have been here many times, but also to thank you and the obama administration for the wonderful support. when we are at the conference of mayors in january, on my first as elected mayor, when back as mayors. we have our annual meeting. we got a treat, to go into the white house and talk to the president. he told us, if you mayors are part of the answer. i want to challenge you, as the urban centers throughout this country, to create jobs for our youth. as he went through data and statistics about how it was harder for youth to get jobs, how the data recognize how difficult it is, in these economic times, he wanted us to be bold.

i took that boldness. we came back here with the spirit of what he asked us to do. i took him literally. i do not know if every other mayor is doing it, but i got to announce what we were doing in june, and we got a standing ovation in san francisco. we announced we would come out and create 5000 jobs. that was bold back in january, but it was also with a great amount of enthusiasm and initial collaborative support from every sector. i will begin by saying that when we announced this, we had carefully talked to every major department in the city. it was announced to rec and park, to human services, to family, youth, and children, to work force development. all of us said, the city departments can lead the way. in fact, we wanted to lead the

way. there was such enthusiasm. we had been through, maybe, some department successes. i worked with youth back as the head of dpw. come on, kid. do you want to know how to pick up trash? what is that about. but as they did that activity, they knew we were just using that. it was not about trash. it was about learning the operations of the department, learning which supervisors to go to, getting into the workforce, where people depend upon you. that is the other thing. some of these are growing up isolated. we felt that with the individual successes we have in the city, whether it was doing these jobs at rec and park, beautifying the parks, working with the

superintendents to create gardens, to our youth programs and the nonprofit areas -- they have been struggling. but the also thrived. we said we could form the difference. eric and i went about with hydra and others to focus on that commitment. at the beginning of this announcement, the department's all came together, all the major ones, airport included, the port. but all said, we will take on more than half of this. eric and i talked a little bit. that was a good foundation. why don't we take it another level? why don't we talk to our nonprofit partners, who have been extremely at the forefront of this? if anything, they have been creating training programs for years and years. but they also get a little

frustrated. sometimes, we train, and it does not lead anywhere. the youth get to a point where they are ready for a job. then, the economy hits. we hear all over the country. we said, the other not that is missing is our private sector, our companies. some of the early ones here -- starbucks. others stepped up. they said, we can start a trend. if united we can help us coordinate, we can get the private sector. we filled in the private sector, the nonprofit sector, and the city departments. today, i want to announce that, of the goal we announced a 5000 jobs, we have reached 5002. [applause]

there are different stages, so we have commitments that extend all the way to the fall, with private businesses. we have engineering programs. we have companies that have attached themselves to the water system, offering these jobs. all of them, by the way, pay. we are not fooling around with free internships anymore. we learned that to the school district as well. it is hard on the kids today. this whole age group, 14 to 24. the other thing the president and secretary made a point of is to focus on the disengage community, the ones who have really had a hard time with turning the corner on the training aspect. we worked for years on this training. people want to be paid and earn respect. when you are near success, that

is what sustains it. that is what sustains you. that is the spirit i came back with. this is the association i have had with the departments, with the community, with businesses, with nonprofits, all working together on this wonderful goal. we have not only reached it. we have exceeded it. and we have suggested this is not just a summer thing. we are going to turn this into a year-long, and year round. kids go to school. they need that income. it is hard. without the city embracing this and encouraging the private sector -- we are so fortunate that we are at a time when business is picking up. we are doing other things successfully to build confidence in our city. our unemployment rate in the last year and a half went down from 9.8%, a year ago, when i first started, to 7.8%.

we are still going further down. i want to thank you for your personal involvement and leadership in the administration. you saw some of this happening, and you wanted to make a federal investment. $5 million for us to make sure there is no digital divide in our communities. when we create all these tech companies, and technology overlays with manufacturing, with fashion, with all the things happening, we have to spend extra time and resources to bridge that gap, to make sure city college and the school district can emphasize science and math, and that we do the training not only for the kids, but also for returning veterans and people that want to change mid career and get into the new economy. everything is tied-oriented,

whether it is working at a restaurant or hotel. i was at a manufacturing plant last week. they have technology that was put on the cutting machines, just so there is a precise cut. there were doing it on an h-p had. -- pad. that is a cutting machine in a blue-collar setting. the have to be able to read that stuff and input it. that resulted in some of these neat ipad covers. the have to have precise cuts, because they are using sustainable material like bamboo. it has to be precise. they are doing 90,000 of this this year, to give you an example. it all goes to show that when federal policies get right down to the neighborhoods, and that you have not only a mayor, but

a school district and community partners that are taking this to heart, that we can do this. we can offer not only temporary jobs. we can build a lifetime -- a lifeline, changing lives for years to come. it really does work, this policy, and the kind of investment that is coming out of the administration. it has been extremely helpful. it is an update for you. but it is also an announcement that we got there, and we are committed to build a platform around it for years to come, and get these kids engage. we'll also talk about, as we learn how to improve the workforce investment act, to share the ideas with you. we are excited about helping undocumented youth also get into the workforce. we know the decree the president signed onto would give us another opportunity to bring in

more youth that is right now disengage. now, there is hope. we are going to be committed to bringing them in. i want to thank everyone in the room. you will hear from the youth involved. you will hear from some of the agencies. it is a great start. it is a great time to be in san francisco. i want to thank you again for igniting a spirit around this. it is great work. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you for being here. >> it does not take much for me to come back out to california. this is home. i want to say how proud i am to be here with you in san francisco. while i was raised in los angeles, we are only a stone's throw away. whatever happens in l.a. and san francisco, we are married.

i have always used that, in terms of my professional career. mayor, i want to thank you for your leadership and enthusiasm. obviously, you have done tremendous work here. you have turned the unemployment rate, where it was so high. we know that some many families were suffering, and businesses were hurting, and people of all ages were looking for hope. we know here in san francisco that they have good leadership, people who are accountable, who want to make sure everybody receive some relief. it is coming together. you have just given, i think, my speech. this is about giving partnerships together. all of you here today -- especially, i want to hear from the young people. but more importantly, to think the business partners. to be honest, i often get asked -- you are in charge of the department of labour. how many jobs have you created? i do not create jobs.

i help incentivize partners. thank you for your enthusiasm. and also to all of you. the bottom line is about helping our engines of growth, whether it is a non-profit, an educational institution, the city government, or the private sector. that is where the wheels turn. that is where the jobs are going to be made. san francisco is in a unique position. it is taking off, because of the investments the president has made. he has looked at investments in high tech, in energy efficiency, remapping our schools. i am so happy you are here to hear about the wonderful things happening to captivate our young people, so that learning is real to them, and it is not just sitting and listening to lectures, but also getting on the job training, critical thinking, being exposed to what

the real world is, in terms of work. that is something i think all of us are learning. i run our department of labor and job-training programs. we know how important it is now, especially for our area and people, to understand it is not good enough anymore to have a ged. it has to be much more. we have to work in partnership with our industries. our industries want to have credentialed people. you are right on target about the new technology that is having an overlay effect on all of our jobs. even in blue-collar jobs like manufacturing, there is an overlap of technology that is immersed in this industry now, whether you are producing old widgets or new widgets. it all comes together. the basic premise is having a broad base of support -- math, science, engineering, critical thinking skills, and the ability to learn on the job.

i am so happy about this initiative we are here today to celebrate, and the 5002. that deserves a round of applause. [applause] mayor, especially because we know, in these tough economic times -- in the last two years, we did not get the same amount of startup money we got in the recovery act at the beginning of this administration. we were not going to just let that fall. in this time when we are still recuperating, we know there are good business partners, and i want to thank them and our nonprofits for stepping up to the plate. it makes a difference. i am sure we will hear from the young people what that has done for them. it is about giving young people respect and dignity, teaching them the work ethic of showing them the work ethic of showing up at work, understanding the